- Kristen meets Brady, both of them forgetting he was barely beyond toddler age when she was last in Salem, then offers Samanther a raise in salary, a company car, access to the company jet, and a private slush fund in order to keep Marlena's daughter as an employee at Countess Wilhelmina.
- Daniel collects all the baby clothing, makes a donation to charity, is startled when he sees the donations arrive at the hospital for expectant needy mothers.
- Lucas interrupts Will's first effort at lovemaking with Jackson when he arrives with news of Caroline's impending departure, then proceeds to grill his son's suitor on the specifics of their relationship, infuriating Jackson, who tosses the man from his apartment.
- Caroline prepares to leave with Bo, who meets up with family and friends before bidding a temporary farewell to Salem.
- John and Marlena argue when Kristen seemingly appears over and over at nearly every place they meet.
- Nick kisses Gabriella, then upsets her when he proclaims that Will and Jackson have made a "bad choice" to live as gay men, after which he aggressively pursues and charms her into sleeping together.
- Relieved that she is no longer facing charges, Jennifer realizes that Daniel made a deal with Nicole and races to falsely confess in order to keep the man from leaving Salem and ruining his life.
- Kate reminds Jackson that Will is new to gay romance and that he needs to move at his own pace.
- Elvis furiously attacks Nicole for changing her story.
- Daniel insists to everyone in Salem that he will be happy to leave Salem with Nicole and begin new lives in Hawaii.
- Victor attempts to buy off Nicole and send her packing, only to be refused.
- Daniel finalizes plans to depart Salem and discovers half of a matching two-sie in the hospital lost and found, then tries to contact the doctor who met with Nicole.
- Lucas insists to his son that Jackson is too experienced for him, sending Will racing back to Jackson's apartment to consummate their romance, only to have Jackson reject him due to the confrontational push made by Lucas.
SalemDay 39 began on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.
- Marlena frets about Kristen's return and agenda.
- After reviewing autopsy results from Nicole's dead baby and re-connecting with Dr Sedwick, who confirms that she declared the unborn baby dead, Daniel finally puts all the pieces together.
- When she doesn't hear from Daniel, a panicked Nicole thinks he has reunited with Jennifer and heads to intercept him.
- Marlena and John plan a Smith Island getaway at the Horton Cabin.
- Nick and Gabriella continue their secret relationship.
- Daniel finds a frazzled Nicole at Jennifer's house, confronts her with details from Dr. Sedwick, and insists she admit the truth that her baby had been declared hours earlier than her fall down the Horton Square stairway.
- After Marlena has an emergency medical call, John heads to Smith Island alone and finds Kristen at the Horton Cabin, where they both end up stranded once the last ferry departs during their conversation.
- A desperate Nicole threatens suicide, only to be rescued by Daniel, who admits her into the hospital.
SalemDay 40 began on Monday, November 12, 2012.
- Marlena arrives at the Horton Cabin and is furious to find John and Kristen awaking from a comfy slumber.
- After Nick and Gabriella hook up again, she faints and is taken to the hospital, where Dr Cameron Davis pronounces that she is pregnant, surprising both her and Samanther, who arrived at the hospital to comfort her fainting former sister-in-law.
- Jennifer decides not to press charges against Nicole, receives Daniel's heartfelt thanks, returns to work at Salem University Hospital, and encourages a grateful Daniel to undergo experimental injection therapy to rehabilitate his hand tremors.
- Kristen names Elvis as her replacement at Countess W.
- After being releases from the hospital, a despondent Nicole wanders Horton Square and spots her former boyfriend Eric Brady, who is revealed to having become a priest.
- Brady warns Kristen to stay away from his father and stepmother, follows her into the park, saves her from an attempted robbery, and is knocked unconscious by a second thug.
- Kristen leaves a phone message for John, which Marlena deletes.
SalemDay 41 began on Monday, November 19, 2012.
- As Brady recovers after a night in the hospital, Marlena deletes a second message from Kristen, leaving John unaware that his son has been attacked.
- Gabriella tells Will that they are becoming parents, then suggests that she wants to terminate the pregnancy to avoid ruining their new relationships.
- Samanther tells Rafe about the pregnancy, then spills the news to Nick.
- Lucas seeks out Jackson, apologizes for his reactions, extends his support for the new relationship, then meets up with his son and unwittingly gives Will the funds needed for Gabriella's abortion.
- Nicole visits Eric at the rectory and claims that god has been cruel to her.
- Jennifer hosts a book club meeting with Adrienne, Hope, Billie, and Kayla, which devolves into a gossipy koffee klatch.
- John is furious when he realizes that Marlena deleted the messages from Kristen.
- Rafe and Samanther arrive at the women's clinic only moments before Gabriella emerges from an exam room, having decided to keep the baby.
- After several further discussions, Brady joins his father in believing that Kristen has returned as a new person, with no issues/agendas/revenge plotted.
- Nick thinks that Chad is the father of Gabriella's baby, but she convinces him that Will is in fact the baby daddy.
- Hope and Ciara visit Father Eric, who despite being warned that Nicole will never change, offers the woman a position as rectory secretary.
- Marlena sneaks into Kristen's hotel room, finds her tablet diary, is discovered by the woman, and knocks Kristen to the ground during a struggle, just as Brady arrives to visit Kristen.
- Kate finally finds Stefano and angrily signs the divorce documents when he refuses to consider any type of reconciliation.
- Caroline returns to Salem after three SalemDays of therapy, then doesn't recognize her grandson Eric, who really doesn't resemble Jensen Ackles or Alison Sweeney in any conceivable way.
- Despite his mother's misgivings/fears, Daniel decides to undergo the experimental injections for his hand tremors.
- Nick hatches a plot and proposes to Gabriella, a development which Will finds awkward, uncomfortable, and unfair
- After fighting the tension all day, Brady beds the woman who was once destined to become his stepmother.
SalemDay 42 began on Tuesday, December 4, 2012.
- Nicole begins her first day working at the rectory and living at the convent.
- Kristen feigns horror and shock at her hookup with Brady.
- Samanther is furious that Eric is letting Nicole back into his life.
- Gabriella accepts Nick's wedding proposal and helps convince Will to decline his role as biological father.
- Secretly disheartened when Brady decides to keep their hookup under wraps. Kristen arranges for Marlena to glimpse a view of their second early morning roll in the hotel hay.
- Daniel heads to Smith Island for a quiet getaway, unaware that both Nicole and Jennifer have each headed there to keep him company.
- When Marlena refuses to tell John what she has seen, Kristen arranges a third sex romp with Brady and tries to get him to tell his family about their new relationship.
- Chad angrily hints to Jackson that Gabriella isn't to be trusted, eventually revealing that she was behind Melanie's kidnapping, but swearing his business partner to silence.
- While trying to convince Daniel that she only wants to repair their friendship, Jennifer falls ill to an appendicitis attack and undergoes emergency surgery at the Horton Cabin.
- Gabriella and Nick announce their marriage plans to startled family members.
SalemDay 43 began on Tuesday, December 11, 2012.
- Abigail and Chad bond over Melanie's permanent departure from Salem.
- Brady pursues Kristen again, while Victor warns John that he cannot ever trust her.
- John finds the present that Brady bought for Kristen in the Kirkiakis foyer, delivers it to the woman at her hotelroom, as his just-sexed-up son cowers secretly in bathroom.
- Frustrated that her family is defending Kristen, Marlena tells Hope that Brady and Kristen are having a secret affair and that she isn't comfortable telling John.
- Eric counsels the engaged couple, who remain vague and uncomfortable as they hide the baby's true paternity.
- Hope is thrilled to be joining Bo/ShawnDouglas/Belle/Claire for XMAS overseas.
- Eric tries to pray away his demons, with little success.
SalemDay 44 began on Tuesday, December 25, 2012.
- Salem celebrates Christmas Eve by shopping, chatting, and attending Midnight Mass led by Father Eric.
SalemDay 45 began on Wednesday, December 26, 2012.
- Christmas Day in Salem brings excitement to Jennifer and Daniel as each decide that they want to pursue a future together.
- Lucas drags Kate and Billie to the Hortons for XMAS.
- Brady and Kristen continue their secret all-the-time sexathon, this time barely avoiding being caught by her brothers, who pay a holiday visit to her hotelroom to Skype with Stefano Claus.
- The Hortons decorate the tree, joined via Skype by Hope, and then head to the hospital where Santa Victor delivers gifts and Jennifer reads from the Horton Bible.
SalemDay 46 began on Thursday, December 27, 2012.
- After taking the redeye, Hope returns to Salem to encourage Jennifer to pursue Daniel.
- Samanther remains confused about Rafe and Elvis.
- While researching a date for Melanie, Daniel realizes that is has been two years since he lost paternity of Parker Lane.
- Kate interviews a boisterous, ungrateful Nick, then jokes to Will that the Fallon-Hernandez baby will have a good life and that at least Gabriella isn't lying about the baby's paternity.
- When John suggests that the Blacks celebrate New Years Eve with Brady and his new beau, a frustrated Marlena tells John to go to Brady's office to extend the invitation in person, fully aware that Kristen had hinted she was headed there for yet another semi-secret rendezvous.
- Nicole distracts Elvis as the New Year clock heads toward midnight, feigning a drunken scene during which she spills champagne, jumps into his arms, and hints at reconciliation, allowing Rafe and Samanther to ring in the new year on the pier with a romantic moment.
- Chad and Abigail play Monopoly and share a new year's kiss.
- Gabriella and Jackson decide to end their animosity for Will's sake, while Will warns an arrogant Nick Fallon that he will not allow his secret child to be raised by a bigoted bully.
- John walks in on Brady boinking his former stepmother-to-be, reels at the revelation that the two are having a secret affair, argues with his son in the park, learns from Kristen that she orchestrated the affair to get back at him, and later storms into Kristen's room to interrupt another sexathon, leading to a knock-down all-out battle in the park when John calls Brady's new love a "slut".
2012 ends with 46 distinct SalemDays.
